All Points West is back for its second year at Liberty State Park in NJ

The festival this year will be held on July 31- August 2nd.

Be sure to mark April 28th on your calendar, the day Islands’ new record, The Arm’s Way, will be released through Rough Trade. Despite the three-month wait, the band has provided us eager fans with a new song…

Radiohead is airing an exclusive broadcast this New Year’s Eve to celebrate the global release of their new album “In Rainbows” this January. The pre-recorded performance will include all of the tracks from “In Rainbows” as well as some “other bits”. We have the breakdown on the whole thing and a list of air-times & where to tune in.

Scottish rockers Belle & Sebastian put a little Christmas present together for their fans this year. Are You Coming Over for Christmas? can be streamed and downloaded for free all Christmas day.

According to the Daily Swarm. Xiu Xiu and Fucked Up just filed a class action lawsuit against everyone involved with the article, Camel cigarettes and their parent company R.J. Reynolds Tobacco, The Rolling Stone, and their parent company, Wenner Media.

The law suit is stating that Rolling Stone created and presented the piece with full intention to tie it in with the Camel ad. The charges are “unauthorized use of artists’ names; unauthorized use of artist names for commercial advantage (right of publicity); and unfair business practices”.

Pop-star Lilly Allen is the next celebrity to announce she is pregnant.

Fox subpoenaed YouTube over “Simpsons,” “24″
according to Reuters the FOX subpoenaed Google for the identities of the individuals who uploaded episodes of the Simpsons and 24 to their website.
Sounds like napster allover again; everyone’s doing it, but five or ten people are going to be in real deep shit.

As some of you may have heard, Aqua Teen Hunger Force did a promotions campaign in major US cities by displaying Neon LED signs depicting the Mooninite characters. The signs were put in random places, buildings, streed signs, overpasses. Of all the cities that the promotions campaign took place, Boston was the only to freak [...]